By Nermeen Nabil Khear 
Tony Stark is coming to Avengers Campus at Disney California Adventure Park, and when he arrives he’s arriving in style. Iron Man will, fittingly, use state-of-the-art technology on his new ride. During this year’s SXSW Robert Downey Jr. himself helped reveal new concept footage and some behind-the-scenes looks of the upcoming Stark Flight Lab attraction. The ride will feature a first-of-its-kind design, where a track will take guests to a robotic arm that will then pick them up so they can experience what it’s like to be Iron Man.
Robert Downey Jr. surprised attendees in Austin during Disney’s “The Future of World-Building at Disney” panel at this SXSW 2025. He joined Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige and President and Chief Creative Officer for Walt Disney Imagineering Bruce Vaughn onstage to discuss development of Stark Flight Lab. It’s one of two major new attractions, along with Avengers Infinity Defense, coming to DCA.
The E-ticket ride will put guests in “gyro-kinetic pods.” Those pods will then roll along a track until it arrives at a gigantic robotic arm. The Disney Parks blogs says the arms will then “hoist you into the air where you’ll make several high-speed maneuvers inspired by Iron Man and some other Avengers.” When your test flight is over you’ll then be placed back on the track.
“Nothing like this has ever been done before in a theme park, and we’re so excited about it,” said Vaughn. The fact guests will actually see this ride mechanism is also part of the experience. Vaughn said, “Usually, we hide all the tech behind the scenes so you can focus on the story. Here, the tech IS the story, so we’re putting it front and center.”
Downey joked the other Avengers who will appear on his ride will be “based on merit and whomever picks up my FaceTime calls on the first ring.” He also praised the Imagineers creating the attraction. Downey Jr. even contributed to the ride’s themes. When he visited the hghly secrective WDI headquarters, he noted the robot arm looked like Tony Stark’s DUM-E. That led to DUM-E becoming part of the experience. Imagineers used both dancers and motion capture to create a “virtual mirror” they then used as guidance in early ride mockups. They say the goal is to make the ride’s arm look as real as DUM-E.
We love it. Thematically this all makes sense. (Even if the possible wait time for this ride already has us worried.) And if Stark Flight Lab makes us feel like we got to take a spin in Iron Man’s suit this will be one of Earth’s mightiest theme park attractions.
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